It's scary to think that summer has passed us by and that we are already planning our 4th Quarter event! We had an EXCELLENT meeting with the folks from Quorum (including their CEO Larry Lang) at Dave and Busters on 8/26, and we want to keep that energy moving.

I have been in contact with Eaton, and they are interested in sponsoring our group at an upcoming event. We are always looking to expand our horizons, so please let Dustin (WolfStar76) or myself know if you have other vendors that you would like to see present.

Most of us are starting to look into next year's projects (VOIP over here), and we are more than happy to try and arrange presentations on any topic our group has interest in.

As our last two meetings were Downtown and on the West side, we are working to plan the Q4 meeting on the East side. If anyone has suggestions for a venue, please send them my way.

Right now we are looking at November (15th or 22nd) for our next meeting. It seems like the consensus was that afternoon/evening meetings worked best for everyone.

Please let me know if you have any concerns/comments/questions/suggestions!

Ed

TL;DR - Dave and Busters was awesome. Next meeting will be in November, East side. Send Ed or Dustin suggestions if you have them.

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I know I hope to tackle some VDI-related stuff next year, so Citrix and other techs are what most catch my attention. Unified Communications is another hot one for me right now (Lync? Cisco solutions? Other?).

But I'm curious to see what Eaton might like to talk about.

As for venues. . . I know of a place called Burgers 2 Beer in the Mayfield area that I like, but I know others had some suggestions at the D&B meeting. :)

Willoughby Brewing Company keeps coming up, so I think I'd like to check them out.

We should, once we pick a vendor for this meeting, start a list of "Vendors we'd like to have at a meeting" - so that Ed and I can just "toss a dart" at the list (actually, as a tabletop gamer, I'll just roll 1d20. . . ) and pick a vendor from there.

Per Christine at Eaton- "We can try to get space at the Eaton HQ but it can be challenging as they are quite strict on entry. I’m based in Raleigh and even as a visiting Eaton employee, I have to have a “sponsor” to get in the building."

They are going to check, but it looks like we will be at another location. Super secret stuff going on in the Chagrin Highlands ;)

We have a bunch of old/dead APC branded desktop-UPS units we bought after the big blackout of '02 (one or two of them still actually work!). Hearing about alternate options is always a good thing, since it's something I occasionally worry about. :)

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